Combination-cabinet



(No Model.)

.S.R.POTTER. COMBINATION CABINET.

No. 32-8,06 1.- Patented 001;. 13, I885.

differing UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STEPHEN R. POTTER, OF FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS.

COMBINATION-CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 328,061, dated October13, 1885.

Application filed December 9, 1884. Serial No. 149,835. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN R. POTTER, of Fall River, in the county ofBristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulCombination-Cabinet, of which the following is a full, clear, 'and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification.

My invention relates to cabinets for harnessmakers and hostlers uses;and the object of my invent-ion is to produce a cabinet which shall besimple, neat, compact, and durable in construction, and mostconveniently arranged for the uses to which it is to be devoted.

To the above purposes my invention consists in certain peculiar andnovel features of construction and arrangement pertaining to the cabinetitself, and also to certain peculiar and novel attachments therefor, allas hereinafter described and claimed.

In order that my invention maybe fully understood I will proceed todescribe it with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved cabinet. Fig. 2isatransverse vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinalvertical section of the same.

In the said drawings, A designates four legs or supports, the lower endsof which rest upon the ground and the upper ends of which are curvedinwardly, and are connected together by an open circular frame, F. Thelegs A and the circular piece F constitute the main supporting-frame ofthe cabinet.

B, O, and D designate, respectively, the bottom, sides, and top of thelarge central com; partment of the cabinet. This compartment is intendedto hold general supplies used by the hostler or harness-maker, and isprovided at one end with two hinged doors, E E, by means of which accessis had to the interior of the compartment. At its top this compartmentis secured to the contiguous parts of the supports in any suitablemanner, as indicated in Fig. 1, and the bottom B extends outward beyondthe sides 0, so as to form a ledge, and is suitably secured to thesupports A.

G designates a compartment for holding oiling materials.- Thiscompartmentis of rootangular form, of greater depth than width, and issecured upon the outer sides of two of the supports A, on a level withthe top of the central compartment. Access is bad to this compartment bymeans of its cover H, which is hinged to the contiguous edge of the topD.

I J designate a double compartment, which is located upon the oppositeside of the cabinet from the compartment G. This compartment I J is ofrectangular form, greater in height than in depth, and is secured totheframe similarly to the compartment G. The top K of this compartmentis hinged to the edgeof the top D, and its outer side, L, is hinged toits bottom, so that by raising the top access may be had to the uppercompartment, and by partially raising the top and turning down the frontaccess may be had to both compartments. The top K is provided on theouter part of its under side with a bead, which overhangs the upper edgeof the front L, so as to secure the latter in closed condition. Theupper compartment is designed to hold soap, while the lower compartment,J, is designed to hold cloths and sponges.

Upon the rear end of the device is placed a compartment which contains areceptacle, M, for polishing materials, and beneath this two drawers, NN, for rivets, buckles, 8m. This compartment is of rectangular shape,greater in height than in depth, and at its top is provided with acover, 0, hinged upon the edge of the top D, said cover aflordin gaccess to the receptacle M.

designates a tube, which is placed in vertical position in one corner ofthe interior of the central compartment and extends up through the topD. At its upper end this tube is provided with a collar, Q, throughwhich works a radial set-screw, R.

S designates a rod, which sets into the upper end of the tube 1?, andwhich is held at any point of vertical adjustment therein by passes intoan eye upon the rod S. The outer ends of the rods T, near hooks W, areconnected by a rod, V, each end of which is bent down and enters an eyeupon the correspondmg rod near W.

The open circular frame F is designed to receive a waterapail, Z, and tosupport it at such a distance above the top D that an oil lamp or stovemay be set upon the top and beneath the bucket, so as to heat the waterin the latter.

The is suspended from the hooks W W, and during the operation ofcleaning or oiling the harness it may be swung around by the frame, soas to hang opposite any of the compartments which contain the materialsto be used. A double harness is to be swung from both of the hooks WV,while a single harness is to be swung only from one hook, so that theframe will support two single harnesses. When only one harness is to becleaned, the rod VInay be removed and the two rods T brought closetogether.

The supporting-frame may be held rigidly, so as not to turn by bindingthe clamp-screw Y upon the inner ends of the rods T.

X X designate two hooks, which are suspended from the rods '1, and aredesigned to hold each a lantern i'or illumination.

The compartments may be made either wholly or partially of wood ormetal, and such is also true 01' the support for the cabinet and for theharness. Thus it will be seen that the cabinet is compact, neat, anddurable in construction, and constitutes a convenient article forhostlers and harness-makers use.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. The improved cabinet herein described, consistingof the supports A, frame F, the central compartment, 13 O I), having thedoors E, the compartment G, having the top H, the compartment I J,having the top K and front L, and the compartment having the receptacleM .i-nd drawers N N, and also the top 0, all constructed and arranged asset forth.

2. The combination, with the supports A and frame F, of the compartmentB O D, and the compartments G, I, J, M, andN N, asset forth.

3. The combination, with the compartment 13 (J D, having the tube P,with its collar Q, and screw R, and the compartments G, 'I, J, M, and N,of the supports A, frame F, and the rod S, having the screw Y, the rodsT, having the hooks W, the rods U, and the rods V, as specified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto settmy hand.

STEPHEN It. POTTER.

Witnesses:

J. A. MILLER, J12, M. F. Bush.

